a bit of waffle..
what you said. well, maybe some milk and no sugar. or often straight. easy really
got a new machine recently, quite pleased with it.
i am a layperson (as the 'easy really' comments imply..) so couldn't comment on regions, whenever i've had any thing from any region that suited me, that was it.
Clipper another company i used to use a lot. the last couple of bags were some random fair trade from Sainsbury, Percol i think.
i don't ground my own or anything like that, Luka's a barista in Sydney, he might contribute.
Intelligentsia a nice roasting/cafe company in Chicago/Hollywood and i know i liked La Colombe Torrefaction in Philadelphia as coffee-shops go when there. was very pleased with things when i went to Milan recently.
good coffee countries in terms of cafe culture to drink in?
Portugal, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Australia, States?
France, Canada, Austria?
anyone?
parochial aside:
Ireland, certainly per capita, is far better than Britain incidentally. Dublin has some fine coffee joints imo (per head, at the very least, far better than London), and Cork has one or two small but belting places.